On May 10, 2012, Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright, Executive Secretary of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO, issued Certificate of Appointment as the director of UNESCO/IOC-ODC to Professor Fangli Qiao during the 9th Intergovernmental Session of the Sub-commission for the Western Pacific, 9-12 May 2012, in Busan, Republic of Korea.